by
Christopher Robbins
Morgan Stanley is leaping onto the green bond bandwagon, announcing last week that it has closed on the issuance of its inaugural $500 million green bond to fund clean energy projects.
by
Bloomberg News
Starting in June, certain defense companies will join NATO to test the military’s ability to use renewable power in combat and humanitarian operations.
The London-based investment company is courting retail investors with an offer to
buy into wind, solar and other renewable energy projects for as little
as five pounds ($7.84).
The U.S. needs new methods to support clean-energy development as
federal spending is set to plummet in six years to $11 billion from
$44.3 billion in 2009, according to a report.
Drivers of electric vehicles such as General Motors Co.'s Chevrolet Volt
and Nissan Motor Co...
Warren Buffett's MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co. is planning a second
round of bonds to finance its $2...
by
Dorothy Hinchcliff
Investors are challenging 10 energy companies to release more information about "fracking," in which a mixture of
chemicals and water is pumped underground to release natural gas
trapped in shale...
The global wind power market rose 6 percent to 41 gigawatts last year,
led by China, which captured more than two-fifths of the total, the
Global Wind Energy Council said today in a report.
Obama pushed drilling for gas in shale rock and support for cleaner
energy sources to boost the economy in his final State of the Union
address before facing U.S. voters in November.
Calfrac Well Services Ltd.'s bonds are outperforming peers as investors
bet that U.S...
The founder of Glastonbury, the U.K...
Polysilicon may be headed for a surprise recovery by 2015 that could
push up the prices of solar panels, said Solairedirect SA, France's
second-biggest sun-powered generator.
Warren Buffett's MidAmerican Energy Holdings utility agreed to buy the
$2 billion Topaz project in southern California, branching into solar
power after the industry was battered by stock markets...
by Jerilyn Klein Bier
Socially responsible investors anticipate opportunities in next-generation biofuels.
Renewable energy is surpassing fossil fuels for the first time in new
power-plant investments, shaking off setbacks from the financial crisis
and an impasse at the United Nations global warming...
JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s managing director for environmental markets resigned as the largest U.S. lender scaled back its climate-related practice. UBS also has fired it's climate-change staff.
Most of the biggest solar-equipment makers may disappear in the next fewyears as plunging prices erode margins and drive the weakest out of business, according to Trina Solar Ltd.
by Jerilyn Klein Bier
Solar stocks have been pummeled, but some investors see opportunity in an industry with solid long-term potential.
by Bruce W. Fraser
Small environmental firms are ripe for picking from acquirers sitting on piles of cash, according to Impax Asset Management.
